I ka hiki ʻana mai i ka luring convention- and conference-goers i kēia hoʻoilo, ʻoi aku ka leʻaleʻa o nā kūlanakauhale hoʻomaha i ka lā no ko lākou pono ponoʻī.
Ua ʻōlelo nā luna mākaʻikaʻi ua pale aku nā hui ʻoihana i nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi kaulana ma Arizona, hema o Kaleponi, Florida, Hawaii a me Nevada ma muli o ka makaʻu e ʻike ʻia he manawa maikaʻi loa lākou i waena o ka hoʻokele waiwai.
ʻO ka hopena, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana no ka ʻoihana huakaʻi hele mua i nā kūlanakauhale e like me Orlando, nā kūlanakauhale ʻo Arizona o Phoenix, Scottsdale a me Tucson, Palm Springs, Calif., a me Reno a me Las Vegas ma Nevada.
"ʻAʻohe nīnau he nui ka hopena o ka hoʻokele waiwai, akā ʻoi aku ia ma mua o kēlā," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Brent DeRaad, ka pelekikena hoʻokō o ka Scottsdale Convention and Visitors Bureau, kahi i hāʻule ai nā hōkele no nā hālāwai ʻoihana ma kahi o 30 pakeneka.
"ʻO ka mea a mākou e lohe nei mai nā hui, e koho lākou i ke kūlanakauhale Midwestern e like me Minneapolis a i Detroit, ʻoiai inā like ka helu a ʻoi aku paha, no ka mea hopohopo lākou i nā manaʻo," wahi a DeRaad.
ʻOi aku ma mua o 80 mau hālāwai ʻoihana i hoʻopau ʻia i ka makahiki i hala ma Phoenix wale nō, ua ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 23 miliona o ka loaʻa kālā, wahi a Douglas MacKenzie, ka ʻōlelo a ka Greater Phoenix Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka nalowale o ka loaʻa kālā i kā lākou mau ʻōlelo, nā luna kānāwai o nā wahi hoʻokipa - me ke alakaʻi nui o ka Senate ʻo Harry Reid, D-Nev. - ke koi nei i nā kānāwai i loko o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e pāpā ana i nā keʻena federal mai ka hoʻokae ʻana i nā kūlanakauhale hoʻomaha i ka wā e hoʻolālā ai i nā hālāwai a me nā ʻaha kūkā.
Manaʻo ʻo Reid a me nā mea kākoʻo ʻē aʻe i kā lākou bila bipartisan, ʻo ka Protecting Resort Cities from Discrimination Act, e ʻae ʻia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2010 a e paipai i nā hui pilikino e hoʻi i ka lā a me ka leʻaleʻa ma mua o ke koho ʻana i nā wahi liʻiliʻi loa no ka helehelena.
"ʻO nā mea a pau a mākou e ʻōlelo nei, mai hoʻokae wale no ka mea he wahi hoʻomaha maikaʻi kahi wahi," wahi a Lunamakaʻāinana Harry Mitchell, D-Ariz., kekahi o nā mea kākoʻo mua o ka bila. "E kiʻi wale i ka waiwai maikaʻi loa no kāu kālā."
Me ka haʻalulu o ka hoʻokele waiwai a me nā hui mai Wall Street a hiki i Detroit e noho ana ma nā bailouts federal, makaʻu nā alakaʻi o ka ʻoihana i ka nānā ʻana o ka lehulehu e hiki mai ana mai ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kahi hālāwai hoʻoilo ma kahi mahana a me ka lā, wahi a Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif .
"Ua kūkulu mākou i kahi kiʻi ma ke ʻano he kūlanakauhale hoʻomaha maikaʻi loa, a ma kēia hihia, hiki paha iā mākou ke hoʻopilikia i kā mākou kūleʻa ponoʻī," wahi a Bono Mack, ʻo ia ka mea e kū nei i Palm Springs a he lālā o ka Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus.
Ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe loio ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻokae ʻana i nā kaona hoʻomaha i ʻekolu makahiki i hala a hoʻomaka me ke aupuni federal.
ʻO kahi kulekele hoʻomalu Bush, i hōʻike ʻia ma nā memo mai ka makahiki 2006, koi ʻia nā limahana federal e loaʻa i ka ʻae kūikawā no ka huakaʻi a i ʻole nā hui e mālama ʻia ma "nā wahi i ʻike ʻia no ka piliwaiwai" a me "nā wahi hoʻomaha."
Ma kahi leka iā Reid i Iulai, ua ʻōlelo ka Luna Nui o ka Hale Paʻi ʻo Rahm Emanuel ʻaʻole i kākau inoa ka hoʻokele i ke kulekele ʻo Bush-era. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hoʻoholo ʻia ka huakaʻi aupuni e ka mea e hoʻokō ai a inā kūpono ke kumukūʻai.
Eia nō naʻe, manaʻo kekahi mau luna mākaʻikaʻi i hāʻawi ʻole ʻo Pelekikena Barack Obama i ka pilikia i ka wā i hoʻopiʻi ai ʻo ia i nā mea panakō i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka lā Pepeluali i hala no ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kahi hālāwai ma kahi hale hoʻokipa Las Vegas.
Ua ukali ʻia ka nui o nā hoʻopau ʻana ma muli o nā ʻoihana - ʻo ka poʻe i loaʻa ʻole ke kālā bailout federal - ʻimi i nā wahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Manaʻo ʻo Reid a me nā mea kākoʻo ʻē aʻe i kā lākou bila bipartisan, ʻo ka Protecting Resort Cities from Discrimination Act, e ʻae ʻia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2010 a e paipai i nā hui pilikino e hoʻi i ka lā a me ka leʻaleʻa ma mua o ke koho ʻana i nā wahi liʻiliʻi loa no ka helehelena.
- With the economy still shaky and companies from Wall Street to Detroit living on federal bailouts, business leaders are afraid of the public scrutiny that could come from booking a winter meeting in a warm, sunny place, said Rep.
- Ua ʻōlelo nā luna mākaʻikaʻi ua pale aku nā hui ʻoihana i nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi kaulana ma Arizona, hema o Kaleponi, Florida, Hawaii a me Nevada ma muli o ka makaʻu e ʻike ʻia he manawa maikaʻi loa lākou i waena o ka hoʻokele waiwai.
